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work
noun as in labor, chore
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noun as in business, occupation
noun as in achievement
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verb as in to do work
verb as in manipulate, operate
Example Sentences
Ministers, facing potential cuts of billions of pounds from the welfare budget, have announced plans to use 1,000 work coaches to help the long-term unemployed into work.
The Belfast Trust said it recently completed investigatory work in two bedrooms to determine the extent of remediation work to rectify damage caused by water ingress.
"I would say work ethic, and a genuine passion and enthusiasm for what they do," she said.
But for Trump, it seems, the old playbook wasn't working – and he was willing to risk appearing hypocritical, of bypassing America's Israeli allies, and of sitting down with designated "terrorists" to advance his dealmaking goals.
The government has increased the amount of money available to councils, and has promised to reform the way their funding works.
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What are other ways to say work?
Work is the general word for exertion of body or mind, and it may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker’s health.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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